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Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management
Database Management Management tools let you manually delete one or
more tape records from the MLM database when the tape is retired or
permanently exported from the library. You can also download the MLM
database as a comma‐separated‐value (CSV) file and open the file in any
software application that supports this type of file (for example,
spreadsheet software).
Filled Capacity Information In addition to tracking media health and
generating reports, MLM displays a Filled Capacity bar graph on the
General Status screen. This graph shows the remaining uncompressed
storage capacity for the MLM‐enabled media in the entire library or in a
specific partition. Click on the Filled Capacity bar graph to view the Media
Lifecycle Management Report screen (Figure 143 on page 278).
Figure 129 The General Status screen shows the storage capacity usage for the
selected partition.
Media Alert The Media Alert feature generates a system message when a
tape's health is identified as poor (red) during five consecutive loads. This
message is only generated once per tape. A separate system message is
generated whenever a cartridge experiences a hard error.
Tracking Non-MLM-Enabled Media MLM tracks the basic health
information for data cartridges that are not MLM‐enabled. This basic
health information is based on tape log data retrieved from an MLM‐
capable LTO drive when the cartridge is ejected. The data pertinent to
media health is stored in the MLM database and used to determine the
media health status (Usable or Impaired) included in Media Lifecycle
Management reports.
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Until a data cartridge is loaded into, threaded, and then
Note:
unloaded from a drive for the first time, its data capacity is not
included on the Filled Capacity bar graph shown on the General
Status screen.
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